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| Speaker match for PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium HP Integrated? I didn't post any here, they are on another thread. And John Alexander backs it in his measurement conclusion.https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/1425159 Cheers George | |
| Speaker match for PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium HP Integrated? With the Prima Luna in 4ohm triode mode which is it’s healthier looking output, you haven’t got a lot of grunt there to play with. I think out of the two speakers you mentioned the Druid is by far the better match impedance wise and efficiency wis... | |
| Glare on Choral recordings, classical vocals Should I consider maybe the Schiit Freya? Yes definitely, as you have the choice of passive, tube or solid state to pick from. And you can send it back if it doesn’t do the job.Cheers George | |
| Class D = Trash? Jeff Rowland 102s power amp only versionRowland:"Model 102 stereo amplifier employ the ICEpower 200 AS power conversion module" Cheers George. | |
| Class D = Trash? http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/topic/123549-jeff-rowland-102s/Jeff Rowland Class-D poweramp version going here for 1/2 price if anyone wants it, owners going back to linear tube or solid state. Being SMP power supply it will run off all mains vo... | |
| Golden ear triton 1 vs tekton double impact speakers I’d go with the Golden Ear Triton 1, even though I haven’t heard them, I have a problem with the thought and the physics of asking that all those tweeters in the Tekton can act in perfect unison without any smearing/time lag problems, painstaking ... | |
| Help needed on Wadia W16 CDP Great R2R multibit machine, I have no service manual for this one, but first off what’s it doing or not doing? As it’s getting old and I hope it not the laser. As this Sony laser now is like rocking horse s**t to find new.WADIA 16 4 x PCM1702-K da... | |
| Need help ... Agree about the Oppo not being up there with the Pass or Wilsons, but I'll throw the Mac in there as well, as from what I see it's full of opamps.http://www.hifishock.org/galleries/electronics/mcintosh/preamplifier/c50-1-mcintosh.jpg Cheers George | |
| Cryogenic treatment of tubes? Anyone with experience positive or negative? Don’t knock these electronic engineers they designed everything your listening to, without them you’d have nothing but voodoo/Geoff to listen to.Cheers George | |
| Cryogenic treatment of tubes? Anyone with experience positive or negative? Here is an electronic engineers perspective on Cryo'ing Tubes. Effect on Vacuum Tubes?Two different crystal structures that occur in steel which have absolutely no measurable effect on tone. So cryogenic treatment works to improve the hardness of... | |
| Can I Live With A Hardwood Floor? goofyfoot Can I Live With A Hardwood Floor? Cement slab floors are the best, but some like myself and you have hardwood suspended floors, but the floor itself will become a soundboard if the speaker is coupled to it in any way, really screwing w... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Thanks for that in-depth review water111 .If any reading who have the skills wish to construct one for themselves as water111 did, instead of purchasing the ready made Lightspeed Attenuator, my first original post is here to do it with.http://www.... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... The answer to find a better fuse might be in some dynamic testing method Only "maybe" if it looks like the same one on the right after many switch on cycles and carbon build up, then just buy a new one for $2. https://i.stack.imgur.com/0uqWX.... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... A fuse that’s old and has seen many switch on cycles will have far more effect " top link", same fuse, new on the left after many cycles far right. Just put in a new quality $2 fuse as Almarg has "bottom link" to. And you’ll have what a new >$1... | |
| New Bel Canto REF600M using NCORE " I suspect the tubed LS25 is contributing positively to the musicality and lack of edge." "A good amp is like a sewer: What you get out of it depends on what you put into it." Same for "the best preamps" they should be "totally transparent" like... |